How to upgrade to Debian Linux 9 (stretch)
1. Update all packages currently installed to the latest versions apt-get update apt-get upgrade
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How to upgrade from wheezy to jessie
1. Update all packages currently installed to the latest wheezy versions apt-get update apt-get upgrade
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How to add a new hard disk or partition using UUID and ext4 filesystem
Last updated April 6, 2014 Compatible releases squeezewheezy Adding a additional hard disk to your workstation or server is easy and often required. Here’s we’ll step through the process of identifing the newly attached drive, prepare and mount it by referencing UUID which is a preferred method today. If you have just added a [...]
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Upgrade from squeeze to wheezy
Debian just released a stable version of Debian 7.0 (wheezy). If you’re running previous version of Debian, you can easily upgrade. 1. Update all packages currently installed to the latest squeeze versions apt-get update apt-get upgrade
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How to install Sun Java runtime (JRE)
1. Add non-free packages to apt sources (pico /etc/apt/sources.list) Add “non-free” behind “main” for all lines in the file. For example, change: deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main
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Installing and using the IPMI tool
The Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) is a standardized computer system interface used by system administrators to manage a computer system and monitor its operation. The development of this interface specification was led by Intel Corporation and is supported by more than two hundred computer systems vendors including [...]
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Upgrade from lenny to squeeze
Debian has released a stable version of Debian 6.0 (squeeze). If you’re running previous version of Debian, you can easily upgrade. 1. Update all packages currently installed to the latest lenny versions apt-get update apt-get upgrade
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Installing and configuring Unison File Synchronizer
Unison is a file-synchronization tool for Unix and Windows. It allows two replicas of a collection of files and directories to be stored on different hosts (or different disks on the same host), modified separately, and then brought up to date by propagating the changes in each replica to the other. 1. Install the Unison package apt-get [...]
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Installing and configuring PPTP VPN server on lenny
If you would like to setup a Virtual Private Network (VPN) for Windows clients, PPTP is a great choice. It’s easy to set up on the server and you don’t need any additional software for the Windows clients to connect. 1. Install the required packages apt-get install pptpd
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Using Debian Volatile to keep your packages updated
Some packages aim at fast moving targets, such as spam filtering and virus scanning, and even when using updated data patterns, they do not really work for the full time of a stable release. The main goal of volatile is allowing system administrators to update their systems in a nice, consistent way, without getting the drawbacks of [...]
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